Comments on: Asterisk + FreePBX + Google Voice on DNS-323

By: twinclouds

twinclouds — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:28:47 +0000

Roland:
Thanks.
I can install everything now but have not make FreePBX work yet. I am busy with other projects so I will comeback to this later.
As for the problem I have earlier, I found there was a typo in your script on Page 4. Namely:
………………
dlink-xxx:# mysqladmin create asteriskcdrd
dlink-xxx:# mysql asteriskcdrdb < SQL/cdr_mysql_table.sql
……………
The a "b" was missing in "… create asteriskcdrd(b)". I was just cut and paste your script and missed the typo.
Your tutorial is really very helpful. Thanks a lot for your effort.

By: rolandli

rolandli — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:05:00 +0000

First of all, all credits are due to the first people who wrote it. As I said in the post, I am just summarizing them =)

I made a mistake there. It should be a “<“, less than symbol there. But when I was using the editor in WordPress, it converts it to HTML symbol “<”.

By: twinclouds

twinclouds — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:59:35 +0000

Hi, Roland:
Thank you for your good tutorial and guide. I followed it to install FreePBX on my MSSII NAS box. It installed Debian pretty well. I also installed Asterisk successfully. The problem is that that when I install FreePBX, there were some error message for the command: “mysql asteriskcdrdb < SQL/cdr_mysql_table.sql” (Page 4)
It says: ”
sh: lt: command not found
sh: SQL/cdr_mysql_table.sql: No such file or directory
sh-3.2# ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database ‘asteriskcdrdb’
”
Can you provide some ideas to fix this problem? Thanks in advance.

By: rolandli

rolandli — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:24:16 +0000

I am not familiar with PlugPBX, but I would think it’s a similar process.

By: twinclouds

twinclouds — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:16:58 +0000

Hi,
I am thinking about to implement GV through FreePBX on Sheevaplug. Since FreePBX is already available on the Plug with PlugPBX, do you think it is possible to make it work following the procedure given on Page 5?

By: turuncuoglu

turuncuoglu — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:23:56 +0000

Thanks
Actually I have got it working last night but it was not easy. There is a problem with the fastcgi.conf file =>
should be >.

It is not working and I had to do alot trouble shooting. If you are interested in updating your guide let me know.

By: rolandli

rolandli — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:00:59 +0000

I just sent it to your Gmail.

By: turuncuoglu

turuncuoglu — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:15:40 +0000

Actually would it be possible to copy your ligthtpd.conf file here?

By: turuncuoglu

turuncuoglu — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:41:32 +0000

Actually I found that mysql is called mysql-server and php5 is php5-mysql then it installed it all
but i had an issue with lighttpd
it does not start the server i got the following error

lighttpd.conf line: 158 pos: 1 parser failed somehow near here: (EOL)

have you seen anything like this. line 158 is the last line and it does not like a character there.

By: rolandli

rolandli — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:34:03 +0000

Hum, it’s weird you can’t apt-get mysql and php5. Those are vital ingredients.

Regarding modules.conf, just add those lines in there.

By: turuncuoglu

turuncuoglu — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:23:33 +0000

I have been using the guide.

On the following line it can not find mysql and php5
dlink-xxx:# apt-get install lighttpd mysql php5 php-pear php-mysql python python-setuptools

and modules.conf for asterisks did not have the following lines

load => format_au.so
…
load => format_mp3.so

I am not sure how important these are. I will let you know if i can get it working.

Thanks for a great write up.
t

By: rolandli

rolandli — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:18:50 +0000

Glad it helps. The Debian installed on DNS-323 is basically a chroot environment. So all the basic functions are still being done by the original firmware. Such as the Samba, Web UI and BT clients (although the BT client from the firmware is not very good quality).

By: turuncuoglu

turuncuoglu — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:44:39 +0000

Thanks for this great tutorial. I am very interested in running the pbx on the dns 323. If i install the debian can I still use the original firmware etc?

Thanks for the help

By: rolandli

rolandli — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:36:02 +0000

Thanks. But this is not something original, I just put those pieces together specifically for DNS-323.

I use my DNS-323 mostly as a media server, occasionally for Bittorrent. But the built-in BT client is very limited and crashes often. So I siwtched to rTorrent. I can turn it on and off as I wish.

The Acer Revo is a great machine. It’s cheap, even cheaper if you go the Ubuntu route. I was considering getting one as a HTPC. But I do want Blu-Ray capability and Atom is just not gonna cut it.

D-Link has a 4-Bay NAS DNS-343, that maybe my next NAS since the 2TB on my DNS-323 is running out soon…

By: John Timmers

John Timmers — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:35:27 +0000

Wow, great tutorial! Makes it really clear, the steps you’ve taken. It’s actually deterred me from doing it on my own dns-323, which I’m using primarily now, as a torrent client/server ( I was using it a a backup/fileserver for our home computer network, but realized pretty quickly it just didn’t have the horsepower to do what I wanted it to do). That said, it’s as reliable as a hammer, in that it will run for months without a hiccup (installed funplug on it almost immediately after unboxing it a couple years ago).

After reading about your experiences, and the instructions on the nerdvittles site, I think I’m going to buy one of those low power acer revo boxes, and install pbx-in-a-flash on it. I think they have enough power to do what you’ve done on the dns-323, and media-centre as well

Thanks again for the writeup!